This is due to some characters’ defining characteristics, whether positive or negative. Indeed, the characters who stayed through the years remained true to themselves, whether that got them in trouble or revealed them as the most dependable. Grey’s Anatomy’s nature as a medical drama also influenced repeated storylines, making the array of things happening in every Grey’s Anatomy season varied.
Nurse Bokhee Takes Part In A Groundbreaking Surgery
Nurse Bokhee Has Participated In Countless Defining Surgeries
Nurse Bokhee has been part of Grey’s Anatomy ever since its first episode, staying longer than most of Grey’s Anatomy’s cast of characters, effectively making her one of the characters more involved in Grey Sloan Memorial’s events. This was true even before the hospital’s multiple name changes, making Nurse Bokhee one of the few who participated in several groundbreaking surgeries.
The specialty rarely mattered for the presence of Nurse Bokhee to be warranted, with the experienced surgical nurse appearing in Derek and Amelia Shepherd’s ORs just as often as in Richard, Miranda or Meredith’s. Indeed, any key surgery that someone at Grey Sloan Memorial spearheaded had Nurse Bokhee as an integral part of the surgical team.
This happened throughout the show. When Derek attempted his impossible surgery hidden from Richard in Grey’s Anatomy season 6, Bokhee worked next to him. Similarly, the surgery that got Meredith the Harper Avery in Grey’s Anatomy after Megan Hunt’s abdominal wall transplant involved her. Bokhee was also part of Amelia’s impossible surgeries in Grey’s Anatomy season 21, cementing her role.
The Hospital Changes Owners & Is In Danger
The Hospital Changed Multiple Names & Owners, Being Threatened Repeatedly
The hospital has been known as Grey Sloan Memorial for a long time now, after the plane crash of Grey’s Anatomy season 8, but it never stopped changing leadership or owners, threatening its core multiple times. While it would have been impossible to imagine Webber not being its director, Grey’s Anatomy’s later seasons proved that it could be the case.
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This couldn’t be more noticeable than in Meredith’s decision to sell her hospital shares in Grey’s Anatomy season 21’s ending, which hinted at Meredith’s separation from the hospital, only to lead to a promise of being there more often. A tendency to stay the same was mirrored in other changes, like the Mercy West merger or the Fox Foundation acquisition.
Dr. Richard Webber Meddles In Grey Sloan Doctors’ Lives
Webber Never Lost His Tendency To Butt In His Subordinates’ Private Lives
Richard being the hospital’s Chief of Surgery for so long revealed how he hired and promoted those he viewed as his most promising students. This was evident in Richard’s partiality towards Bailey, but also his decision to get Addison to Seattle in Grey’s Anatomy’s earlier seasons. Such courses of action also inevitably meant Webber meddled greatly in his subordinates’ lives.
Addison’s surprise arrival in Grey’s Anatomy season 1’s finale cemented the medical drama’s ability to deliver unbelievable twists, but season 2 also revealed the hand Richard played in that because he saw Derek getting closer to Meredith and opposed that. Richard’s continued tendency to meddle was proved by his season 21 unsolicited remarks about Ndugu and Millin’s potentially inappropriate bond.
Webber butting in didn’t involve only trying to stop romantic relationships. Indeed, Richard sometimes took advantage of his reputation as a renowned teacher to get what he wanted, like in Grey’s Anatomy season 14 when he got April to happily take over the organization of the surgical innovation contest from him with excuses, as he really wanted to participate.
An Intern Becomes A Better Doctor After A Challenging Case
Interns Have Done Terrible Mistakes In Grey’s Anatomy, But They Also Changed For The Better
Grey Sloan Memorial being a teaching hospital filled Grey’s Anatomy with plenty of interns’ mistakes, some so egregious that they could have warranted them to be fired. Some interns were, while others, like Sadie in Grey’s Anatomy season 5, chose to leave instead of paying for their blunders. However, most interns actually learned from their mistakes.
The intern cabal that blackened Lexie’s class of interns might have been one of the interns’ biggest messes, but it also forced Lexie to acknowledge when she was in over her head, as finding out Sadie’s appendix was inflamed led to calling Meredith, Cristina and Bailey in a situation of danger.
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Dr. Miranda Bailey Is The One Ultimately Right About A Major Problem
In Key Crises Or Fights, Bailey Ends Up Being Almost Always Right
Grey’s Anatomy season 1 introduced Miranda Bailey as a respected resident who was to be feared, given her attitude not to let anything slide. However, this meant Bailey often called out residents and attendings alike, even when they didn’t immediately understand her perspective. Bailey nevertheless always turned out to be the one in the right about something.
This was the case with her and Warren’s fight about leaving medicine to pursue firefighting, which endangered him more than once, making her worries warranted, and also proved a phase, as Ben eventually returned to medicine. Bailey’s tendency to be right nonetheless appeared in professional settings, and her suggestions to Alex when he took over as chief highlighted that impeccably.
A New Romance Between Doctors Begins At The Hospital
Inappropriate Romances Have Always Been At The Heart Of Grey’s Anatomy
Although happening more infrequently, Grey’s Anatomy is known for pairing up characters romantically whose relationship would be inappropriate. Even the strongest couples started that way, as Meredith and Derek’s seesawing relationship or even the more stable one between Miranda and Ben proved, and most, if not all, interns were at times involved with an attending.
Later Grey’s Anatomy seasons showed that tendency on fewer occasions. However, they were still memorable, like DeLuca’s fling with Maggie first and his romantic relationship with Meredith later. Even Grey’s Anatomy season 21 attempted to solve its oldest romance issue through Ndugu opposing his connection with Millin, although that only hints at season 22 possibly continuing to explore their story.
Meredith Goes The Extra Mile For A Patient Or Estranged Relative
Meredith Does This By Following The Rules & Breaking Them Just As Often
Meredith’s path in Grey’s Anatomy had her reach terrible lows and unbelievable highs, and Grey’s Anatomy highlighted how that journey always involved her going to extreme lengths to help estranged relatives or her patients. This was evident in the multiple chances Meredith gave Thatcher Grey, giving him part of his liver in season 6 and meeting him on his deathbed.
Meredith’s generosity also applied to her job as a surgeon, and how Grey’s Anatomy season 21 pushed Meredith back at the story’s center showed that, as Meredith agreed to continue being Tasha’s doctor despite Evynn’s treachery. Meredith’s willingness to do everything for her patients also got her into some difficult situations.
Grey’s Anatomy season 16 almost saw Meredith lose her medical license after committing insurance fraud to save a young patient’s life. To a smaller degree, even Grey’s Anatomy season 21’s finale involved Meredith helping save Dylan Gatlin by giving Jenna the benefit of the doubt, which reduced the situation’s risk and got Amelia to finish the surgery successfully.
A New Doctor Visits The Hospital & Gets Involved In A Dramatic Surgery
Renowned Surgeons Repeatedly Visited Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital
The usual way Grey’s Anatomy introduced new doctors has always been to let them visit Grey Sloan Memorial, and that was the case even when the hospital was still named Seattle Grace. Grey’s Anatomy season 2 saw the likes of Erica Hahn engage in a battle for the heart that she eventually transplanted in Denny before joining Seattle Grace Hospital.
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Even Grey’s Anatomy season 20 followed the same pattern, with Monica Beltran being introduced directly as a new peds surgeon and immediately pushing boundaries by convincing Amelia to do a surgery that would have benefited their patient despite not following the standard of care. This showed how Grey’s Anatomy still follows the same patterns to present new doctors.
